Report - Mootlaw Quarry, Northumberland - August 2014

[AuntieKnickers]

Visited with The Stig

Bit of a last minute night time explore.

North Tyne Roadstone Ltd extracted Carboniferous limestone from the site.

Extraction of limestone was taking place to the eastern phases of the site from a single bench when it was last operational in early 2010. Limestone is blasted from the face to achieve initial fragmentation and limestone is then extracted and processed through a series of crushers and screens to produce a range of sizes for the construction industry and exported from the site. Didn't find much more history i'm afraid.

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Thanks for looking

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[Session9]

Some nice snaps there AN

 

[caiman]

Pic 5 that's an old style Beethoven 100 shot exploder.

 

[dave]

Nice find that A K worth it for the dark skies too cant beat a bit of star gazing.

 

[tadworth]

Pic 5 that's an old style Beethoven 100 shot exploder.

In front of that is a Smiths tachometer, I'll have that !